2024 Formula 2 Championship


The 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship was a motor racing championship for Formula 2 cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. The championship was the fifty-eighth season of Formula 2 racing and the eighth season run under the FIA Formula 2 Championship moniker. Formula 2 is an open-wheel racing category serving as the second tier of formula racing in the FIA Global Pathway. The category was run in support of selected rounds of the 2024 Formula One World Championship. The 2024 season saw the debut of a new chassis and engine package; as the championship was a spec series, all teams and drivers who competed in the championship ran the same car, the Dallara F2 2024.
ART Grand Prix entered the championship as the reigning Teams' Champions, having secured their title at the final race of the 2023 season in Abu Dhabi. Gabriel Bortoleto and Invicta Racing became the 2024 Drivers' and Teams' Champions in the final round of the season in Abu Dhabi, respectively. By winning the title, Bortoleto became the fourth rookie driver to be crowned Formula 2 Driver's Champion. Furthermore, he is the fourth driver after Charles Leclerc, George Russell and Oscar Piastri to win both the Formula 2 and FIA Formula 3 Championship titles in consecutive seasons.
A record 18 different drivers won races throughout all 28 races. Runner up Isack Hadjar won four races, whilst Oliver Bearman won three races. Champion Gabriel Bortoleto won two races, as did Zane Maloney, Zak O'Sullivan, Andrea Kimi Antonelli, and Joshua Dürksen. Paul Aron took one win during the season, as well as Dennis Hauger, Enzo Fittipaldi, Roman Staněk, Franco Colapinto, Taylor Barnard, Victor Martins, Jak Crawford, Kush Maini, Richard Verschoor, and Pepe Martí.

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The following teams and drivers competed in the 2024 Formula 2 Championship. As the championship was a spec series, all teams competed with an identical Dallara F2 2024 chassis using a V6 turbo engine developed by Mecachrome. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Pirelli.

Team changes

Following the partnership that saw Invicta Watch Group become Virtuosi Racing's title sponsor in 2023, the company purchased an ownership stake in the team and entered the 2024 season under the Invicta Racing guise.
After Rodin Cars became Carlin's majority shareholder in 2023 and rebranded the team as Rodin Carlin, the Carlin family departed the team, with Rodin taking full ownership and renaming the team Rodin Motorsport. Rodin became the championship's first team ever to run under a non-European nationality.
PHM Racing now operated independently of Charouz Racing System, after the latter co-ran the team during the 2023 season. Ahead of the season, PHM also announced the AIX Investment Group as a new title sponsor, changing the team's name to PHM AIX Racing.
DAMS became DAMS Lucas Oil following a strengthened sponsorship deal with American oil company Lucas Oil.

Mid-season changes

The AIX Investment Group completed its acquisition of PHM Racing ahead of the fourth round of the season and rebranded the team to AIX Racing.

Driver changes

Reigning champion Théo Pourchaire left ART Grand Prix and the series to move to Japan to compete in the Super Formula Championship with Team Impul. Williams Driver Academy member Zak O'Sullivan replaced him, having finished second in the previous year's FIA Formula 3 season with Prema Racing.
Prema Racing saw 2023 runner-up Frederik Vesti leave the championship to join Cool Racing in the LMP2 class of the European Le Mans Series. Vesti was replaced by Andrea Kimi Antonelli, who skipped over FIA Formula 3 after securing the Formula Regional European Championship title in 2023.
Rodin Motorsport replaced VAR-bound Enzo Fittipaldi with reigning Super Formula Champion Ritomo Miyata, who switched to racing in Europe to prepare for his endurance racing efforts with Toyota.
DAMS saw both of their drivers leaving F2, with Ayumu Iwasa returning to Japan to compete in the Super Formula Championship with Team Mugen and Arthur Leclerc moving to the Italian GT Championship. The team fielded an all-American driver lineup in 2024, consisting of Jak Crawford, who moved over from Hitech Pulse-Eight after coming 13th in the championship in 2023, and Juan Manuel Correa, who left Van Amersfoort Racing after coming 19th in his first year since returning after his accident in 2019.
Invicta Racing also had an all-new driver lineup, after Amaury Cordeel and Jack Doohan departed the team, with the former joining Hitech Pulse-Eight and the latter focusing on his reserve driver work for Alpine in Formula One. Invicta's 2024 lineup consisted of reigning FIA Formula 3 Champion and McLaren junior Gabriel Bortoleto, partnered by Alpine junior Kush Maini, who switched from Campos Racing after coming eleventh with the team last season.
MP Motorsport saw Jehan Daruvala leave the team ahead of the 2023 season finale after four seasons in the series to join Maserati MSG Racing for Season 10 of the Formula E World Championship. The team fielded Williams Driver Academy member Franco Colapinto during the final round of 2023, and he stayed at the team for his first full-time F2 season, graduating after coming fourth with the team in FIA Formula 3.
Both Van Amersfoort Racing drivers moved to other teams, with Juan Manuel Correa signing for DAMS and Richard Verschoor joining Trident. VAR enlisted Enzo Fittipaldi, who left Rodin to embark on his third full season in the championship. Rafael Villagómez partnered him, graduating from the team's FIA F3 outfit after three seasons that culminated a 25th-place finish for his 2023 campaign.
Hitech Pulse-Eight also saw both their drivers switch teams, with Jak Crawford moving to DAMS and Isack Hadjar switching to Campos Racing. They were replaced by Paul Aron, who already made his debut at the final round of 2023 with Trident after coming third in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and Amaury Cordeel, who left Invicta Racing to embark on his third season in the championship after previously finishing 17th and 20th.
Campos Racing driver Ralph Boschung ended his racing career after seven seasons in Formula 2, whilst his 2023 teammate Kush Maini moved to Invicta for his sophomore season. The team replaced the two with an all-Red Bull junior lineup in 2024, consisting of Pepe Martí, who graduated from the outfit's FIA Formula 3 team after coming fifth in 2023, and Isack Hadjar, who moved over from Hitech Pulse-Eight after coming 14th in 2023.
Trident saw Richard Verschoor return to the team for his fourth F2 campaign after last racing for them in 2022. He replaced Clément Novalak, who had already left the team ahead of the last round of 2024 to focus on competing in the 2024 European Le Mans Series with Inter Europol Competition.
PHM AIX Racing saw another long-term F2 driver leave the series, with Roy Nissany stepping away from the championship after six years of competition. He was replaced by Joshua Dürksen, who mirrored Antonelli in stepping up directly from the Formula Regional European Championship, albeit after competing there for two seasons and taking a single podium. Josh Mason did also not return to the team, with Taylor Barnard being named as his replacement. He graduated to Formula 2 after a race-winning campaign with Jenzer Motorsport in FIA Formula 3, where he finished tenth in the championship.

Mid-season changes

was promoted to the Williams F1 Team ahead of the Italian Grand Prix to replace Logan Sargeant for the rest of the season, ending his rookie Formula 2 campaign with four rounds to go. He was replaced at MP Motorsport by Oliver Goethe, a Red Bull Junior Team driver graduating from the FIA Formula 3 Championship. Similarly, Taylor Barnard, who was the reserve and development driver for McLaren in Formula E, was promoted as a full-time driver for the 2024–25 season and subsequently left AIX Racing. He was replaced by Indy NXT driver Niels Koolen for the Monza and Baku rounds.
Three driver changes took place for round 12 at the Baku City Circuit: Oliver Bearman missed the round to replace the race-banned Kevin Magnussen at Haas in Formula One. He was replaced by FIA Formula 3 runner-up Gabriele Minì. Roman Staněk left Trident after being unhappy with the team's performance. Christian Mansell, who finished the FIA Formula 3 season in fifth, replaced him. ART Grand Prix driver Zak O'Sullivan announced his departure from the team, citing funding issues. He was replaced by fellow Williams Academy Driver Luke Browning for the remainder of the season.
Four drivers left the series ahead of the penultimate round in Qatar. Juan Manuel Correa was replaced by Ferrari junior Dino Beganovic at DAMS Lucas Oil, Enzo Fittipaldi left Van Amersfoort Racing and was replaced by 2024 GB3 runner up driver John Bennett, and Dennis Hauger prioritised preparing for his upcoming Indy NXT campaign and left MP Motorsport. Richard Verschoor departed Trident to join MP Motorsport in place of Hauger, with Max Esterson replacing him at Trident and making his Formula 2 debut after coming 21st in FIA Formula 3 earlier in the year. AIX Racing signed Cian Shields, who finished 30th in FIA Formula 3, to contest the final two rounds in the No. 25 entry previously piloted by Barnard and Koolen.
Zane Maloney departed Rodin Motorsport ahead of the final round at Yas Marina as he moved to Lola Yamaha ABT in Formula E, which started its 2024–25 season at the same weekend. Reigning FIA Formula 3 Champion Leonardo Fornaroli replaced him ahead of a full-time graduation in 2025 with Invicta Racing.

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